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A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton.

eliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer. Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be, Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser.

m the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner. Wharton. Burrill.…

o be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good. O Eve, some farther change awaits us night. Milton.

Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten.

er B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.

Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as Babylonic garments,carpets, or hangings.

cabulary. -- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front. -- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]

Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

mometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so that the movement of the mercurial column changes the indication of the tube. With the aid of electrical or mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the automatic regulation of the temperature of rooms warmed artificially, and as a fire alarm. -- Balance of torsio…

er, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks." Tubs hanging in the balks. Chaucer.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy hasty words." Shak.

See Bhang.

nd in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.

A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.]

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity…

In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.